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and if you just told the pentagon, okay. you have to get $46,000,000,000 out of your budget by september 30th, you figure it out. they would whine all the way to september 30th. you come up with a workable solution. but that's not the game they are playing. they are playing these across the board cuts. >> on a related question talking about budget and someone who has spoken out about the need to do some debt trimming of the budget let's say in the pentagon. chuck hagel, they are going to vote again next week. what is the feeling at the pentagon do they expect him to be the next defense secretary? >> oh, yeah. i think everybody anticipates him being the next secretary of defense. the issue there is is he a damaged secretary of defense? you have a guy who has got congressional experience, and my experience covering the pentagon all of these years is that political skills are the most important thing that a secretary of defense needs. >> really? >> yeah, because in the end, that's who gives you the money. >> that's whatley on p
and if you just told the pentagon, okay. you have to get $46,000,000,000 out of your budget by september 30th, you figure it out. they would whine all the way to september 30th. you come up with a workable solution. but that's not the game they are playing. they are playing these across the board cuts. >> on a related question talking about budget and someone who has spoken out about the need to do some debt trimming of the budget let's say in the pentagon. chuck hagel, they are going to...
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but it's not only the pentagon that will be hit hit. jobs could be lost even as far down as local businesses surrounding the pentagon. so in the d.c. maryland, virginia area there could be a significant impact on the local economy. >> michael: you know, as i listen to you say these things i think about the fact that chuck hagel fought so hard for this job, and i can't imagine who would want this job. does this defense budget that he's going to walk into need any major overall now that the wars in iraq and afghanistan are winding down and the president has cited cybersecurity as a new priority? >> absolutely. that's chuck hagel's first line of business. that's the first thing he'll have to do when he wakes up in the morning deal with sequester. as the troops come back from afghanistan the pentagon budget was going to be decreased already. but sequester cuts are significant on top of that. >> michael: and do you expect hagel, and we all expect him to pare down the defense budget. how do you expect him to do it? here is a guy with a histor
but it's not only the pentagon that will be hit hit. jobs could be lost even as far down as local businesses surrounding the pentagon. so in the d.c. maryland, virginia area there could be a significant impact on the local economy. >> michael: you know, as i listen to you say these things i think about the fact that chuck hagel fought so hard for this job, and i can't imagine who would want this job. does this defense budget that he's going to walk into need any major overall now that the...
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the other thing that some senior aides and friends of allen said in the pentagon and washington today was that initial impression may have been something of an exaggeration but it is a great detail. this is a story with a lot of great details that people are latching on to. >> jennifer: let's jump in over to petraeus. if allen is denying he did anything inappropriate, the charges against petraeus who has admitted that he did something inappropriate, how serious are the charges against him since he's no longer in uniform? >> they're less serious but there is one potential wrinkle for petraeus as c.i.a. director. if the administrative investigations this week conclude that he leaked classified information to someone else who was not authorized to receive it, that could put his high-level security clearance in peril. if he were to ever try to get a job in the defense industry or as a consultant here in washington, he would be limited in the kind of work he could do but as someone who is out of uniform as a retired civilian, he's not subject to the same military justice that general allen
the other thing that some senior aides and friends of allen said in the pentagon and washington today was that initial impression may have been something of an exaggeration but it is a great detail. this is a story with a lot of great details that people are latching on to. >> jennifer: let's jump in over to petraeus. if allen is denying he did anything inappropriate, the charges against petraeus who has admitted that he did something inappropriate, how serious are the charges against him...
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and who at the pentagon where is this authority at the pentagon and who makes the decisions on how widespread do you know is the drone program run by the pentagon? >> i don't know necessarily the scope of the program, but i can tell you that in recent weeks, that's something that leon paneta as he is doing his final media tour ahead of likely being out of the pentgon, very shortly has been talking a lot about and he kind of said that drone warfare is likely to be a staple of the american military for quite some time looking forward. that was an interview about two weeks ago. the top guy at the pentagon spoken out about and said it will be part of the future the way america handles the military and he spoke to the program's success as well. >> bill: we have been talking. a lot about who makes this decision to go after an american citizen or non-american citizen. >> right. >> with drones. right now, there is a cia program and defense department program. why would you have two? as uncomfortable as i am with drones, i am more comfortable having it run out of the pentagon anthan the cia, given the
and who at the pentagon where is this authority at the pentagon and who makes the decisions on how widespread do you know is the drone program run by the pentagon? >> i don't know necessarily the scope of the program, but i can tell you that in recent weeks, that's something that leon paneta as he is doing his final media tour ahead of likely being out of the pentgon, very shortly has been talking a lot about and he kind of said that drone warfare is likely to be a staple of the american...
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so the pentagon is looking into what areas it could cut from maintenance on warships to military base operations. last friday the pentagon announced layoffs for 46,000 contract and temporary civilian employees. 46,000. so if chuck hagel makes it through this mine field of senate confirmation questions, he'll inherit another challenge which is how to manage and advocate on behalf of a gigantic government department that believes it has been reduced to scrounging for change. joining me tonight to talk about this is fred kaplan, fred is the author of a terrific new book about general petraeus called "the insuragainst." fred. thank for joining me. >> thank you. >> jennifer: what could we do to cut defense spending that would still leave us prepared for future conflicts? in light of the sequester, et cetera, what do we need to do -- how do we need to focus the cuts. >> on the see questation this was a deal that congress made. everybody would be faced with the same pressure. the defense budget is going to be cut quite a bit no matter what happens because of the fiscal pressures and the fact
so the pentagon is looking into what areas it could cut from maintenance on warships to military base operations. last friday the pentagon announced layoffs for 46,000 contract and temporary civilian employees. 46,000. so if chuck hagel makes it through this mine field of senate confirmation questions, he'll inherit another challenge which is how to manage and advocate on behalf of a gigantic government department that believes it has been reduced to scrounging for change. joining me tonight to...
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even our own pentagon is creating twitter where they can put out information. who controls twitter. who controls facebook and internet helps control who wins and who loses. >> a player always when it comes to the middle east east crisis. this is president obama in asia talking about that himself. >> we are fully supportive of israel's right to defend itself from missiles landing on people's homes and workplaces and potentially killing civilians. >> i mean, you know, i think the real issue here is israel has a right to defend itself, so do other people on earth. the question is how do we respond to everyone's rights to defend themselves. that's the bigger picture. >> i remember interviewing the hamas commander. he had one eye lost one arm and had seven children. this was a few years ago. i asked him what are you going to tell your children? he said i seven children to be martyrs. talk to settlers, who were for an aggressive expansion of israel, they too, seem committed to not peace. >> that's the difference right there. you have two players right there saying i want my children to be
even our own pentagon is creating twitter where they can put out information. who controls twitter. who controls facebook and internet helps control who wins and who loses. >> a player always when it comes to the middle east east crisis. this is president obama in asia talking about that himself. >> we are fully supportive of israel's right to defend itself from missiles landing on people's homes and workplaces and potentially killing civilians. >> i mean, you know, i think...
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. >> john: however in the pentagon spokesman george little said i quote: >> john: but for many conservatives the big question of the day was if any of the testimony could be tie the bengahzi attack to hillary clinton. sense last fall fox news and it's fellow travelers have
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i was there because the pentagon was in a new negotiating round to try to get new oil companies into afghanistan and the world attention was focused on the country in that sector, and so, too, were the taliban. >> john: we only have 20 seconds left but if the taliban were to get a place at the table in terms of governance, what is their end game here? >> well, i think that that certainly is a bigger question for what the taliban's end game is. i think in terms of this resource, what we don't want is to create another hotbed for violence in afghanistan. there is plenty of hotbeds for violence. it's dangerous for afghans. it's dangerous for americans. it's dangerous for arability ability to end the war and we don't want to put another thing in the taliban's hands that let's them create even greater instability and insecurity. i think it's important for the pentagon to be focused on this volatile resource, and i think my experience in afghanistan demonstrated that, it is creating more volatility than it is creating stability. >> john: we thank thank you for sharing your experience. it's
i was there because the pentagon was in a new negotiating round to try to get new oil companies into afghanistan and the world attention was focused on the country in that sector, and so, too, were the taliban. >> john: we only have 20 seconds left but if the taliban were to get a place at the table in terms of governance, what is their end game here? >> well, i think that that certainly is a bigger question for what the taliban's end game is. i think in terms of this resource, what...
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a little later that morning american airlines flight 77 smashed into the pentagon and united airlines flight 93 nosed into a field near shanksville slain. nearly 3,000 people died, murdered by osama bin laden and his al-qaeda terror network and the world changed. once again today as we've seen from the past decade, memorial services were held for the victims and the selfless first responders who rushed to their aid, some to their deaths. in new york, in the shadow of the new uncompleted one world trade center, victim's families read the names of their loved ones. at the pentagon where a giant american building marked the building, president obama and first lady michelle obama laid a wreath. in shanksville pennsylvania, vice president joe biden laid a wreath and spoke to the memorial service. not long after the attacks, the administration of president george w. bush began insisting there was nothing it could have done to stop them. even after it was learned that bush received the presidential daily brief august 6th with the headline bin laden determined to strike in u.s. but now in an
a little later that morning american airlines flight 77 smashed into the pentagon and united airlines flight 93 nosed into a field near shanksville slain. nearly 3,000 people died, murdered by osama bin laden and his al-qaeda terror network and the world changed. once again today as we've seen from the past decade, memorial services were held for the victims and the selfless first responders who rushed to their aid, some to their deaths. in new york, in the shadow of the new uncompleted one...
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, a lot of the -- depending spending was increased beyond what the pentagon asked for. the reason, there were all kind of weapon systems in districts of republican members that they took care of, and it was the equivalent of earmark self indulge he knew. >> yeah. >> they broke that deal. the bottom line, it's very solvable we have. the economy is tough. we have to get that going. but in terms of the debt reduction, if we do what anyone would dorock at the tools revenues pentagon and domestic discretionary spending we could get from where we are to where we need to be, and real challenge for this country is going to be when are we going to have the responsible republican party rather than just the tea party doctorineair approach so we can solve the problem. >> i am on my way to santa barbara to give a talk tomorrow morning, be flying outright after this show. that's one of the themes i have been thinking about, that team i want to talk about which is i think the real political struggle today is not between the republican party and the democratic party. it's between the r
, a lot of the -- depending spending was increased beyond what the pentagon asked for. the reason, there were all kind of weapon systems in districts of republican members that they took care of, and it was the equivalent of earmark self indulge he knew. >> yeah. >> they broke that deal. the bottom line, it's very solvable we have. the economy is tough. we have to get that going. but in terms of the debt reduction, if we do what anyone would dorock at the tools revenues pentagon and...
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what kind of message does it send to bp when the pentagon awards the company $2.5 billion the same year it spills a record amount of oil in the gulf. were they that hard up for cash to begin with? >> part of the challenge here, during the blowout at least for the government was to keep bp viable so they could pay the costs. at least bp viable in the united states. if you recall, there was a lot of talk during the early days of the blowout about how serious it was and whether bp could either stay afloat in america or stay
what kind of message does it send to bp when the pentagon awards the company $2.5 billion the same year it spills a record amount of oil in the gulf. were they that hard up for cash to begin with? >> part of the challenge here, during the blowout at least for the government was to keep bp viable so they could pay the costs. at least bp viable in the united states. if you recall, there was a lot of talk during the early days of the blowout about how serious it was and whether bp could...
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i didn't read the story but you mean that was leaked out of the pentagon? >> this is a devastating security breach. >> will the me ask you this. what about it, what is are they going to do it i would start at the top and fire some people. whatever department came out i'd fire the top guy. >> michael: he's talking about melvin laird, the secretary of defense at the time. james, you said that when it comes to national security and handling the press obama is worse than nixon. obama has indicted six people for security leaks. is what makes him worse than nixon? >> he's getting close to being worse than nixon. overall, but in this area he is worse than nixon. nixon indicted only one person and that was the first person ever so inindicted. and then there were two more since obama came in. and a total of three is all we've ever had in this country. what obama has done, he has indicted six. he's head 6-3. but the three encompasses three and the six from obama. he's worse than nixon. >> michael: there is not an american president alive who would like to be compared
i didn't read the story but you mean that was leaked out of the pentagon? >> this is a devastating security breach. >> will the me ask you this. what about it, what is are they going to do it i would start at the top and fire some people. whatever department came out i'd fire the top guy. >> michael: he's talking about melvin laird, the secretary of defense at the time. james, you said that when it comes to national security and handling the press obama is worse than nixon....
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they are going to want tours of the pentagon. chuck hagel is going to have a list of people who stabbed him in the back. right? >> right. they stabbed him in the front, i think. >> you are right. >> no screatus here yeah. thighs guys will -- i think that he probably sitting at how many today and over the president's day recess will be relishing the opportunity in the future should he have it to get these guys crawling back to him begging for help if there are base closures, contracts being handed out, and they will need to work with him in the future. and that's actually like a real problem for some members of congress in their future relationship with chuck hagel. buck mcian, connell out straight against chuck hagel and say, i don't like this. the president should choose another nominee. how are they going to work together in the future in he's already made his opposition so clear? >> bill: one other way that seems to me this could backfire. i love your take on this. some day, even i have to admit as a yellow-dog democrat. some
they are going to want tours of the pentagon. chuck hagel is going to have a list of people who stabbed him in the back. right? >> right. they stabbed him in the front, i think. >> you are right. >> no screatus here yeah. thighs guys will -- i think that he probably sitting at how many today and over the president's day recess will be relishing the opportunity in the future should he have it to get these guys crawling back to him begging for help if there are base closures,...
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and another stumble on the way to the pentagon was his lgbt rights. he rejected james hormel to be ambassador to luxembourg with frankly offensive comments. hagel told a local newspaper i'm quoting ambassadorial posts are sensitive. they're representing america. they're representing our lifestyles values and standards, and i think it's an inhibiting factor to be openly, aggressively gay like mr. hormel to do a better job. this was the late 90s and toxic homophobia was very common common, hagel has apologized for those remarks and said as secretary of defense he will support open service and lgbt military families. now the log cabin republicans the lgbt gay advocacy group did not seem too impressed. they put out an ad chuck hagel hagel's apology, too little, too late. james hormel, the man hagel rejected and slandered had a very different take. quote, senator hagel stated in his remarks that he was willing to support open military service and lgbt military families. if that is a commitment to treat lgbt services members and families like everybody else
and another stumble on the way to the pentagon was his lgbt rights. he rejected james hormel to be ambassador to luxembourg with frankly offensive comments. hagel told a local newspaper i'm quoting ambassadorial posts are sensitive. they're representing america. they're representing our lifestyles values and standards, and i think it's an inhibiting factor to be openly, aggressively gay like mr. hormel to do a better job. this was the late 90s and toxic homophobia was very common common, hagel...
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the pentagon likes this ship. the navy's argument is that they say they have gotten the cost down for the future ships to be about 400 million per ship. as you know, any time you build something new, the first, the first products off of the production line are the most expensive. as you build more ships, more jet fighters, the cost per jet fight or ship comes down. they say they will streamline costs. they also say that this is the right ship for the right time. it's a relatively -- it's a smaller ship. it's a very fast ship, probably the fastest ship in the navy. it's very maneuverable and the navy needs this kind of a ship to get away to not just be a deep-water -- not just the destroyers. this is a ship that can move quickly in the straight of hormos. when you have iranian speed boats. >> it sounds like we need to be quick to get away. i didn't think the navy was to be there for that. somebody in the navy said this ship could not survive actually in combat because it was vulner vulnerable. is that true as well?
the pentagon likes this ship. the navy's argument is that they say they have gotten the cost down for the future ships to be about 400 million per ship. as you know, any time you build something new, the first, the first products off of the production line are the most expensive. as you build more ships, more jet fighters, the cost per jet fight or ship comes down. they say they will streamline costs. they also say that this is the right ship for the right time. it's a relatively -- it's a...
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half of them in the pentagon. the pentagon yesterday said okay, you want to this happen? here's what you got. you have a decline in military readiness for the united states. that's already started because ships that should have been deployed to the mediterranean have not been deployed because operations and maintenance on militaryaire craft has been postponed or delayed. that's really smart. they're going to cut back on training so new forces to replace existing forces in afghanistan or iraq, for example. they're just not going to be ready to be deployed. and the pentagon said maybe most striking of all we have already sent out word to 800,000 civilian employees of the pentagon around the world. most of them in this country. a lot of them here in washington, d.c. and in northern virginia. sent word out that they're going to be furloughed which means in the beginning, they will have to cut back one day a week without pay. that's a 20% cut in their pay. one little example... i was told yesterday that if the sequester kicks in, for example there will be no easter egg roll at
half of them in the pentagon. the pentagon yesterday said okay, you want to this happen? here's what you got. you have a decline in military readiness for the united states. that's already started because ships that should have been deployed to the mediterranean have not been deployed because operations and maintenance on militaryaire craft has been postponed or delayed. that's really smart. they're going to cut back on training so new forces to replace existing forces in afghanistan or iraq,...
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the pentagon's program is a little bit more transparent, so when the pentagon decides to put somebody on their targeting list, there is a little bit more of a process across the government bureaucracy. the president himself has a little bit more direct input into the pentagon's process, and the cia's process is very internal to the cia. it's a little bit more closed and there are fewer of those kind of checks and balances that you have with the pentagon. so the thinking here is that this is a way at least within the government to increase the checks and balances and increase the degree of at least internal transparency around the drone process. >> bill: and there seems to be even around the pentagon there are more -- i guess -- there are stricter standards and guidelines about when and where drones can be used? >> i think that's right. >> bill: of course we don't know a lot about the program at either program, right? >> that's right. and it's not like the military's program is transparent or non-secretive. i think the biggest difference when the military decides to put someone on this
the pentagon's program is a little bit more transparent, so when the pentagon decides to put somebody on their targeting list, there is a little bit more of a process across the government bureaucracy. the president himself has a little bit more direct input into the pentagon's process, and the cia's process is very internal to the cia. it's a little bit more closed and there are fewer of those kind of checks and balances that you have with the pentagon. so the thinking here is that this is a...
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the pentagon sends out a surfvay to 108,000 people. what they got back from this survey showed 26,000 cases last year of sexual assault -- we are talking sexual assault am this is more sirius that section annual harassment. sexual assault, to me at least, means physical assault, touching. not just word play. 26,000 cases of sexual assault in the military last year. >> that's up from 19,000s in the year 2010. again, despite all of the pressure, despite all of the news, despite all of the hearings, despite all of the efforts the military say that they are making and leaders of the military and told us we are making progress. this is sirius. we are on top of that. bs. the numbers disprove that and made all the worse a couple of days when colonel jeffrey kazinski, the air force officer in charge of clamping down on sexual assault, he was arrested in an arlington, virginia parking lot, grabbing the buttocks and breasts of another female officer. so the guy in charge of it is guilty of it. is doing it. how bad can you get? kir kirstin kill i
the pentagon sends out a surfvay to 108,000 people. what they got back from this survey showed 26,000 cases last year of sexual assault -- we are talking sexual assault am this is more sirius that section annual harassment. sexual assault, to me at least, means physical assault, touching. not just word play. 26,000 cases of sexual assault in the military last year. >> that's up from 19,000s in the year 2010. again, despite all of the pressure, despite all of the news, despite all of the...
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to the pentagon. which i think doesn't say they'll take the c.i.a. totally out of the business. little murky there. but basically, it is up to the pentagon. which i think makes more sense. look, these are killing machines in a time of war whether it's actual all-out war or this continuing -- the war on terror. the war of islamic militants. that's really the job of the pentagon more than the job of the c.i.a. which is supposed to be our spy agency, not our killer agency. every time the c.i.a.'s gotten involved to kill anybody starting with assassinating other leaders of the world we didn't happen to like at the time, we've gotten in trouble. i think moving to this pentagon is a good effort. the other thing is it is going to impose the same standards on foreign enemies that we now impose on americans tightening up the use of drones and also according to "the new york times," it is going to limit what are called these signature strikes where we have hit groups of people, remember, the stories about weddi
to the pentagon. which i think doesn't say they'll take the c.i.a. totally out of the business. little murky there. but basically, it is up to the pentagon. which i think makes more sense. look, these are killing machines in a time of war whether it's actual all-out war or this continuing -- the war on terror. the war of islamic militants. that's really the job of the pentagon more than the job of the c.i.a. which is supposed to be our spy agency, not our killer agency. every time the c.i.a.'s...
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>> ok, so what we've seen here is a battle between the white house and the pentagon that literally has been going on now for the entirety of president obama's term and the initial strategy that the pentagon forced on the president in the first year in 2009 was to surge our forces in afghanistan to try to commit ourselves to a ken year nation building campaign. the white house was never comfortable with that plan made it clear they weren't comfortable with that plan. what so you have seen, they sort of went along with it anyway and you've seen over the last nine months is the white house slowly backing away from this decade long commitment. i think this is quite significant that now you have these leaks to "the new york times" saying that we're going to do an accelerated withdrawal and get out of there even sooner. >> it's fascinating that they put the president in a box in a sense. he's in a quack myer, got the military leaders. i was given to understand that the president is the commander-in-chief, seriously, right, because i think why not be stronger and say that's your military obse
>> ok, so what we've seen here is a battle between the white house and the pentagon that literally has been going on now for the entirety of president obama's term and the initial strategy that the pentagon forced on the president in the first year in 2009 was to surge our forces in afghanistan to try to commit ourselves to a ken year nation building campaign. the white house was never comfortable with that plan made it clear they weren't comfortable with that plan. what so you have seen,...
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i don't know what his management experience is regarding the pentagon. little if any. so i think it's an incredibly controversial choice and it looks like the second term of barack obama is going to be an in-your-face term. >> stephanie: that is lindsay graham objecting to chuck hagel's nomination to be the next secretary of defense. and hague sell not the only nominee that will face opposition, and here with that story is democratic strategist peter fenn. thanks for joining us in "the war room" again. >> thanks. great to be with you governor. >> jennifer: okay is the president going to have a really big fight on his hands, or is this just a bunch of media making about it because a few are raising their head and objecting? >> it's really hard to tell how much the republicans are going to push this. they are itching for a fight, governor. they just got kind of beaten up. boehner is in trouble. so they are picking a fight with the president a bit on this one. lindsay graham is looking over his shoulder worried about his base, so you have got a little of that going on but
i don't know what his management experience is regarding the pentagon. little if any. so i think it's an incredibly controversial choice and it looks like the second term of barack obama is going to be an in-your-face term. >> stephanie: that is lindsay graham objecting to chuck hagel's nomination to be the next secretary of defense. and hague sell not the only nominee that will face opposition, and here with that story is democratic strategist peter fenn. thanks for joining us in...
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tim back to the pentagon for a second. i read -- one other impact -- the harry s truman was headed for the persian gulf i believe, and still in -- >> still in dock. >> bill: right. >> this is a huge development, actually because it's an aircraft carrier, and usually in the persian gulf, the u.s. maintains two aircraft carrier groups. and we're talking about a strike force that supports a number of ships. and we're looking at a symbol of american power. you can't look further than to say the aircraft is the ability for the united states to send humanitarian aid send strike targets overseas, and it is stuck in the persian gulf. >> bill: so we're already seeing a lesson in military readiness, right? >> i think that is arguable. usually there are two out there. >> bill: so we're half prepared. all right. out of time but good stuff. tim mak come back and we'll talk more later. >> all right. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians lau
tim back to the pentagon for a second. i read -- one other impact -- the harry s truman was headed for the persian gulf i believe, and still in -- >> still in dock. >> bill: right. >> this is a huge development, actually because it's an aircraft carrier, and usually in the persian gulf, the u.s. maintains two aircraft carrier groups. and we're talking about a strike force that supports a number of ships. and we're looking at a symbol of american power. you can't look further...
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and oh, the government, the pentagon the pentagon,, oh my god, the fighting general! what fighting general, what are you talking about? they're here trying to demean michael hastings after he passed away to protect their beloved power establishment. congratulations, geraldo. >> isn't the press that lawful method to whistle blow? isn't the way that everyone is is at very kateisadvocateing, use the reporter as channels, but no, you want do that. >> cenk: the rest of the press just stop it. i know you're embarrassed because you suck at your job. and most the guys on tv the cnn guys, o we bring on a general to enlighten us. oh, thank you general, we appreciate it. nbc, same thing generals generals! i got news for you. the pentagon has been lie to go us for decades. obviously that was a lie. that was a giant lie that got us into a giant war. turns out success wasn't around the corner in iraq or afghanistan, but ignore all of that, and the one guy we're going to attack because we're deeply embarrassed because of how bad we are at our job is michael hastings who did his job.
and oh, the government, the pentagon the pentagon,, oh my god, the fighting general! what fighting general, what are you talking about? they're here trying to demean michael hastings after he passed away to protect their beloved power establishment. congratulations, geraldo. >> isn't the press that lawful method to whistle blow? isn't the way that everyone is is at very kateisadvocateing, use the reporter as channels, but no, you want do that. >> cenk: the rest of the press just...
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we would expect and hope that the pentagon and military would set the example, right, for the way to handle these cases and proper discipline and order and not just -- just the opposite. you have been way out in front on this issue, congress women, we appreciate your leadership on this and other issues as well. thank you for your time today. >> thank you. >> bill: jacky speier represents the bay area and she and kirsten jillibrand leaders on this important issue. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> with a distinctly satirical point of view. if you believe in state's rights but still believe in the drug war you must be high. >> only on current tv. you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would m
we would expect and hope that the pentagon and military would set the example, right, for the way to handle these cases and proper discipline and order and not just -- just the opposite. you have been way out in front on this issue, congress women, we appreciate your leadership on this and other issues as well. thank you for your time today. >> thank you. >> bill: jacky speier represents the bay area and she and kirsten jillibrand leaders on this important issue. >> announcer:...
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. >> is there any push in the pentagon or civilian who is are responsible in the defense department to act like this is just the first ultimately disastrous time bomb of a series that could go off in afghanistan? >> keith, this is not the first time bomb. this is only the latest one. we've had three or four in just the last couple of months. the urination incident, which was appalling and shocking. then the qur'an burning thing and i know only too well how this is playing over there and it's not playing well. i certainly hope that people in the pentagon are sitting up and taking notice. >> we thought we had problems in afghanistan after the urination case and after the burning of the qur'ans. what does this do not just to our credibility but ten ability. at what point are we at the risk of being you know, driven out rather than choosing some time and advanced ordinarily withdrawal request. >> i just heard--you played the president and his words about the orderly withdrawal. the image that keeps coming to my mind are the helicopters on the roof of the embassy in saigon. i hope it doesn'
. >> is there any push in the pentagon or civilian who is are responsible in the defense department to act like this is just the first ultimately disastrous time bomb of a series that could go off in afghanistan? >> keith, this is not the first time bomb. this is only the latest one. we've had three or four in just the last couple of months. the urination incident, which was appalling and shocking. then the qur'an burning thing and i know only too well how this is playing over there...
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he covered this in afghanistan and the generals and the pentagon for the "rolling stone." he's with buzzfeed on the campaign trail as well. michael on to my conspiresy theory. automates are we the only ones seeing it that way or are we the only ones who find it off in it tale. >> i'm not sure. i think you can account some of this to the fog of war. in the interview an incredible story, and an incredible job by "60 minutes." i saw it from the west pam palm beach airport and everyone at the airport was glued watching this. they said they didn't even know it was bin laden. they were shooting basically any military age male in the house. that's how i interpreted it. they were going room by room, as they were describing it. so i'm not sure if it's a conspires or if maybe there is a lack of clarity in terms of who actually shot him or if they hit him in the head initially at first. >> cenk: when asked by the president by this, they also had an interesting answer. let's watch that. >> he asked who was the one and we told him we wouldn't tell. >> you wouldn't tell him, why not? >>
he covered this in afghanistan and the generals and the pentagon for the "rolling stone." he's with buzzfeed on the campaign trail as well. michael on to my conspiresy theory. automates are we the only ones seeing it that way or are we the only ones who find it off in it tale. >> i'm not sure. i think you can account some of this to the fog of war. in the interview an incredible story, and an incredible job by "60 minutes." i saw it from the west pam palm beach airport...
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what if the pentagon started spending money on some of these new technologies. >> the pentagon is taking a tremendously active role in pursuing alternative energy technologies. they're not doing the research in the way they did with the internet and that kind of thing. what they're doing -- this has been driven since the bush administration the pentagon's oil and fuel costs are through the roof. it costs -- the amount of money it costs to get a gallon of jet fuel or diesel fuel to the front lines of combat to iraq, to afghanistan, the actual gallon of jet fuel can cost about $4 a gallon. it costs about $40 a gallon if you add in all of the costs of getting to the front line not to mention the deaths. the fuel convoys traveling across the desert in iraq and afghanistan, people guarding those, we've seen hundreds of troops and contractor deaths. so the pentagon does not have a green agenda whatsoever. they have an agenda to not spend that much money and not risk that many lives for this fuel and so they have started buying things like hybrid tanks. they have started -- they put out bids to
what if the pentagon started spending money on some of these new technologies. >> the pentagon is taking a tremendously active role in pursuing alternative energy technologies. they're not doing the research in the way they did with the internet and that kind of thing. what they're doing -- this has been driven since the bush administration the pentagon's oil and fuel costs are through the roof. it costs -- the amount of money it costs to get a gallon of jet fuel or diesel fuel to the...
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the pentagon screwed up. the congress screwed up by cutting funding and came up with 29 recommendations for how to fix it. >> also ended up -- >> bill: shouldn't that kind of be the end of the story? >> well, it depends on -- this story has become so removed from what the original story was back in september. now it is a completely different animal. it is a very -- it is much more politicized than it used to be. so like for republicans whatever the answer they're looking for like has not been found and the arb report didn't turn it up somehow. >> bill: the answer that they're looking for will never be found because what they're look for is obama out of the white house. as mike huckabee said, this will drive president obama out of the white house. >> he actually said that? >> bill: yes, he did. >> there is a sense among republicans they have something bigger than watergate here. >> bill: that was exactly what huckabee said. which shows how delusional they are. before we move on to other issues, i want to give
the pentagon screwed up. the congress screwed up by cutting funding and came up with 29 recommendations for how to fix it. >> also ended up -- >> bill: shouldn't that kind of be the end of the story? >> well, it depends on -- this story has become so removed from what the original story was back in september. now it is a completely different animal. it is a very -- it is much more politicized than it used to be. so like for republicans whatever the answer they're looking for...
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combat mission forces, and cyber protection forces to fortify the pentagon's computer networks. it's a brave new virtual world and some experts say america's already late to the game when it comes to fighting cyber wars. with me from washington, d.c. to talk about what is needed to boost cyber security in the pentagon is allen paul, director of research at the sans institute. he's co-chair of the secretary of homeland securities task force on cyber skills. welcome to the war room, allen. >> thank you michael. >> michael: you know, president obama announced what are saying are long awaited cyber security executive order in the state of the union address. let's listen to the president talk about what he has to say on the other side. >> earlier today i signed a new executive order that will strengthen our cyber defenses by increasing information sharing and developing standards is to protect our national security, our jobs, and our privacy. [applause] >> michael: so allen what does that establish? and in specifics what did the president layout for us? >> those two things have compl
combat mission forces, and cyber protection forces to fortify the pentagon's computer networks. it's a brave new virtual world and some experts say america's already late to the game when it comes to fighting cyber wars. with me from washington, d.c. to talk about what is needed to boost cyber security in the pentagon is allen paul, director of research at the sans institute. he's co-chair of the secretary of homeland securities task force on cyber skills. welcome to the war room, allen....
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the pentagon calls it sexual assault. military sexual assault. now, the v.a. acknowledges one in five women veterans has experienced msd military sexual trauma. the pentagon puts the number at one in three but those who are actually service providers on the ground and interact with women veterans on a daily basis quote a much higher number. 75%. just to give you an idea, when i was meeting women and interviewing women eight out of ten women who i interviewed had been raped in the military. the majority of them were raped by their supervisors. >> jennifer: what is the v.a. doing about that? what is the v.a. doing about the culture that would allow that to happen? >> the v.a. is -- doing a lot of outreach within the community. with, you know, homeless shelters, with residential programs. but that's not enough. there is also a campaign to end veteran homelessness by 2015 which is very ambitious noble campaign but housing is not the only issue. if you have suffered with this type of trauma and you come back and just to give you an idea, women who have experienced
the pentagon calls it sexual assault. military sexual assault. now, the v.a. acknowledges one in five women veterans has experienced msd military sexual trauma. the pentagon puts the number at one in three but those who are actually service providers on the ground and interact with women veterans on a daily basis quote a much higher number. 75%. just to give you an idea, when i was meeting women and interviewing women eight out of ten women who i interviewed had been raped in the military. the...
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poor leon panetta has to stay in the pentagon even longer like george bailey never getting out of bed. now because of you mr. reid, the chicken hawks have come home to roost. harry reid spent much of last year getting pressure to reform the rule but he blew the chance. then he apologized for blowing the chance. he said you on udall and mercury were right and he was wrong. he promised us come the beginning of the almighty 2013 session, he would make filibuster reform happen. on the first day harry had a chance to change the filibuster rules with a simple majority and harry reid stepped to the plate and filibustered on filibuster. he choked like george w. bush on pretzel nights on filibusters. he folded. s the
poor leon panetta has to stay in the pentagon even longer like george bailey never getting out of bed. now because of you mr. reid, the chicken hawks have come home to roost. harry reid spent much of last year getting pressure to reform the rule but he blew the chance. then he apologized for blowing the chance. he said you on udall and mercury were right and he was wrong. he promised us come the beginning of the almighty 2013 session, he would make filibuster reform happen. on the first day...
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we heard the official count from the pentagon. this one navy seal now is out with a book where he tells a slightly different account. his name is -- the book is allegedly written by a navy seal called mark owen. his real name -- i don't see any reason not to tell you his real name. he has been identified. cbs which did an interview with him on "60 minutes" will play a little bit of that -- we'll play a little bit of that for you in a second. declines to give his real name but i think fox news and certainly associated press the story i have in front of me have identified him as mark bizinet. if he wrote the book, i don't see any reason for not giving his name. the headlines about the book have been that mark biznet navy seal writes this book about this raid on osama bin laden's compound and he tells a different story than the official story that we had heard from the pentagon. and the difference is that the official count told us that the seals charged upstairs and they entered the bedroom and there was osama bin laden with one of
we heard the official count from the pentagon. this one navy seal now is out with a book where he tells a slightly different account. his name is -- the book is allegedly written by a navy seal called mark owen. his real name -- i don't see any reason not to tell you his real name. he has been identified. cbs which did an interview with him on "60 minutes" will play a little bit of that -- we'll play a little bit of that for you in a second. declines to give his real name but i think...
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the issue with the pentagon papers was not who leaked the pentagon papers. we know, we found out it was daniel ellsberg. the issue is what the pentagon papers said the government was doing in vet no, ma'am. i think the same thing hear this ideas of trying to chase down who leaked this to the "new york times" is absurd. it's ridiculous. it's a waste of time. we will probably never find out. what we ought to be asking is: is it true? and if, in fact, there is a kill list, if in fact we are targeting these drones after individuals and al-qaeda leaders and having sockme success and the president is making those decisions, is that something we ought to be doing and the president ought to be doing? agree or disagree. if we are using computer technology and psychecyber warfare to take out and draw iran's nuclear program, is that something we ought to be involved in or not? and lights discuss that. but this idea of trying to find out who leaked it, this is ridiculous. it's a waste of time. ♪ >> this is the bill press show. what makes hershey's s'mores special? pur
the issue with the pentagon papers was not who leaked the pentagon papers. we know, we found out it was daniel ellsberg. the issue is what the pentagon papers said the government was doing in vet no, ma'am. i think the same thing hear this ideas of trying to chase down who leaked this to the "new york times" is absurd. it's ridiculous. it's a waste of time. we will probably never find out. what we ought to be asking is: is it true? and if, in fact, there is a kill list, if in fact we...
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pentagon should go after him with all legal resources possible. you may want to comment on this in the little time we have got to talk about this, but this should not be an issue that divides democrats or republicans, or liberals or conservatives. we all have the freedom of speech and the right to write a book, but there are some people that take an oath of secrecy in their jobs because their jobs are so sensitive, and if they knowingly violate that oath, they have to be punished for it. members of the navy sales make a promise that they will not reveal the top secret missions that if they plan to do so or want to write a book they have to get permission and that book has to be vetted by the pentagon. he did not get permission and this book was no vetted before it was published. i would not want for example the secret service -- by the way secret service make a promise that they will not write about their work. i talked to a friend of mine yesterday about this over the weekend -- it was saturday. so they make a pledge they would not write a book.
pentagon should go after him with all legal resources possible. you may want to comment on this in the little time we have got to talk about this, but this should not be an issue that divides democrats or republicans, or liberals or conservatives. we all have the freedom of speech and the right to write a book, but there are some people that take an oath of secrecy in their jobs because their jobs are so sensitive, and if they knowingly violate that oath, they have to be punished for it....
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but here look, is there a way to the pentagon? absolutely. i think if we're going to meet the challenges of the next century and really make sure that our navy is able to confront china, i think that we're going to have to do some building and that building has not been done by the obama team. >> eliot: former romney national security spokesman rick grenell, thank you. governor romney will agree with the president on tax policies. crazier things will happen. >> no, no. common ground. >> eliot: for more on last night's debate, i'm joined by p.j. crowley former assistant secretary of state for public affairs for president obama and former special assistant for national security affairs for president bill clinton. p.j., as always, a joy to have you on the show. >> always a pleasure, eliot. >> eliot: so you're a seeing all day this remarkable conversion about mitt romney now agrees with the president on foreign policy. explain what happened from your perspective. what was the strategy here on either side? >> well, i think you put the hammer on th
but here look, is there a way to the pentagon? absolutely. i think if we're going to meet the challenges of the next century and really make sure that our navy is able to confront china, i think that we're going to have to do some building and that building has not been done by the obama team. >> eliot: former romney national security spokesman rick grenell, thank you. governor romney will agree with the president on tax policies. crazier things will happen. >> no, no. common...